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by Robert Reinick (1805 - 1852)
Translation © by Emily Ezust

Des Sonntags in der Morgenstund'
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  CAT DUT ENG FRE
  Des Sonntags in der Morgenstund',
Wie wandert's sich so schön
Am Rhein, wenn rings in weiter Rund'
Die Morgenglocken gehn!

  Ein Schifflein zieht auf blauer Fluth,
Da singt's [und]1 jubelt's drein;
Du Schifflein, gelt, das fährt sich gut
In all die Lust hinein?

  Vom Dorfe hallet Orgelton,
Es tönt ein frommes Lied,
Andächtig dort die Procession
Aus der Kapelle zieht.

  Und ernst in [all die]2 Herrlichkeit
Die Burg herniederschaut
Und spricht von alter, [starker]3 Zeit,
Die auf den Fels gebaut.

  Das Alles beut der prächt'ge Rhein
An seinem Rebenstrand,
Und spiegelt recht im hellsten Schein
Das ganze Vaterland,

  Das fromme, [treue]4 Vaterland
In seiner vollen Pracht,
Mit Lust und Liedern allerhand
Vom lieben Gott bedacht.

Available sung texts: (what is this?)

•   V. Lachner •   R. Schumann •   E. Steinkühler 

E. Steinkühler sets stanzas 1-6, 1

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Confirmed with Lieder von Robert Reinick, Maler, Sechste Auflage, Berlin: G. Grote'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, 1873, pages 8-9.

1 Lachner: "da"
1 Lachner: "diese"
3 Lachner, Schumann: "guter"
4 Steinkühler: "deutsche"

Text Authorship:

  • by Robert Reinick (1805 - 1852), "Sonntags am Rhein", appears in Lieder, in Stimmungen und Gestalten, first published 1844 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

  • by Franz Wilhelm Abt (1819 - 1885), "Sonntags am Rhein", op. 205 (Vier Gesänge für vier Männerstimmen) no. 2, published 1863 [ vocal quartet for male voices ], Offenbach, André [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Felix (August Bernhard) Draeseke (1835 - 1913), "Sonntags am Rhein ", op. 47 (Vier Gesänge für vierstimmigen Frauenchor) no. 1 [ four-part women's chorus a cappella ], Leipzig : Rob. Forberg [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Carl Isenmann (1839 - 1889), "Sonntags am Rhein", op. 4 (Sechs Lieder für Sopran, Alt, Tenor und Bass), Heft 1 no. 1, published 1873 [ satb quartet ], Schleusingen: C. Glaser [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Vinzenz Lachner (1811 - 1893), "Sonntags am Rhein", op. 14 (3 Lieder) no. 1, published c1848 [ voice and piano ], Mainz: Schott [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Philipp Lewalter , "Sonntags am Rhein", op. 4 (Fünf Lieder im Volkston für vierstimmigen Männerchor) no. 4, published 1886 [ four-part men's chorus ], Schleusingen, Glaser [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Johannes Pache (1857 - 1897), "Sonntags am Rhein", op. 3 (Drei Männerchöre) no. 3, published 1884 [ men's chorus a cappella ], Dresden, Meinhold [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Joseph (Gabriel) Rheinberger (1839 - 1901), "Sonntags am Rhein", op. 52 no. 3 (1871) [ SATB chorus ], from Im neuen Frühling, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Jakob Rosenhain (1813 - 1894), "Des Sonntags in der Morgenstund", op. 75 (Sechs deutsche Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 4, published 1875 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Kistner  [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Robert Schumann (1810 - 1856), "Sonntags am Rhein", op. 36 no. 1 (1840), published 1842 [ soprano or tenor and piano ], from Sechs Gedichte aus dem Liederbuch eines Malers, no. 1, Hamburg, Schuberth und Co. [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Emil Steinkühler (1821 - 1872), "Sonntags am Rhein", op. 23 (Drei Lieder von Reinick für eine Tenorstimme mit Begleitung des Piano-Forte) no. 2, stanzas 1-6,1 [ tenor and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Wenzel Heinrich Veit (1806 - 1864), "Sonntags am Rhein", op. 37 (Sechs vierstimmige Gesänge für Männerstimmen) no. 6, published 1854 [ four-part men's chorus ], Leipzig, Breitkopf und Härtel [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Georg Vierling (1820 - 1901), "Sonntags am Rhein ", op. 1, published 1847 [ SATB chorus and piano ], Berlin, Guttentag [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Heinrich Weiß (1836 - 1914), "Sonntags am Rhein", op. 43 (Sechs Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 3, published 1880 [ voice and piano ], Dresden, Ries [sung text not yet checked]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

  • CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Zondags aan de Rijn", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "Sundays on the Rhine", copyright ©
  • FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Dimanches sur le Rhin", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor] , Johann Winkler

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 24
Word count: 120

Sundays on the Rhine
Language: English  after the German (Deutsch) 
On Sundays in the morning hours,
how pleasant it is to wander
along the Rhine, when all around
the morning bells are chiming!

A little ship floats by on the blue water,
with singing and jubilation on board;
You little ship, say, isn't it good to travel
with such merriment?

From the village echoes the tones of the organ,
intoning its pious song;
Devoutly there the procession
moves out from the chapel.

And solemnly in all its splendor
the castle gazes down
and speaks of the good old days
when it was built upon the cliff.

All of this the splendid Rhine hoards
upon its viny shore,
and in the bright sunshine it reflects
the whole of our fatherland...

the pious, true fatherland
in all its full glory,
with joy and songs all around,
contemplated by beloved God.

Text Authorship:

  • Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © by Emily Ezust

    Emily Ezust permits her translations to be reproduced without prior permission for printed (not online) programs to free-admission concerts only, provided the following credit is given:

    Translation copyright © by Emily Ezust,
    from the LiederNet Archive

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Based on:

  • a text in German (Deutsch) by Robert Reinick (1805 - 1852), "Sonntags am Rhein", appears in Lieder, in Stimmungen und Gestalten, first published 1844
    • Go to the text page.

 

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 24
Word count: 138

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